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Serge Groussard

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Serge Groussard

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1921-01-18 (Unknown)
Died
2016-01-02 (Unknown) age 94
Nationality
French
Languages
French
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Paris

Career

Occupations
Journalist, Writer
Active Years
1946-2016
Affiliations
Le Figaro, l'Aurore

Education

Calvin Institute in Montauban
Unknown
Country: France
La Rochelle High School
Unknown
Country: France
Lycée Gouraud in Rabat
Unknown
Country: Morocco
Faculty of Arts, Paris
Faculty of Arts / Unknown
Country: France
Sciences Po
Unknown
Country: France

Awards

Prix Femina
1950
Work: La Femme sans passé
Result: 受賞
Prix Populiste
1949
Work: Des gens sans importance
Result: 受賞
Prix International du Grand-Reportage
1948
Work: Solitude espagnole
Result: 受賞
Prix Claude Blanchard
1948
Work: Solitude espagnole
Result: 受賞
Grand Prix de la Nouvelle
1956
Work: Une chic fille
Result: 受賞
Prix du roman populiste
1967
Work: Mektoub
Result: 受賞
Officier de la Légion d'honneur
Organization: French Government
Result: 受賞
Croix de guerre 1939-1945
Organization: French Government
Result: 受賞
Médaille de la Résistance
Organization: French Government
Result: 受賞
Croix de la Valeur militaire
Organization: French Government
Result: 受賞
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
Organization: French Ministry of Culture
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

La Femme sans passé

1950 Novel

Story about a woman without a past. Prix Femina winner.

WarLoss
Adaptations
  • [Film] The Passerby / Henri Calef (1951)

Des gens sans importance

1949 Novel

Lives of unimportant people. Prix Populiste winner.

Everyday lifeHuman drama
Adaptations
  • [Film] People of No Importance / Henri Verneuil (1956)

Solitude espagnole

1948 Reportage

Spanish solitude. Prix International du Grand-Reportage winner.

Spanish Civil WarSolitude

Mektoub

1967 Novel

Novel themed on fate. Prix du roman populiste winner.

FateAlgeria

Crépuscule des vivants

1946 Autobiographical novel

First work recounting deportation experience.

World War IIResistance

Bibliography

  • Crépuscule des vivants (1946)
  • Pogrom (1948)
  • Solitude espagnole (1948)
  • Des gens sans importance (1949)
  • La Femme sans passé (1950)
  • Talya (1951)
  • Orage à Miami / L'Ancêtre (1954)
  • Un officier de tradition (1954)
  • Une chic fille (1956)
  • Demain est là (1956)
  • La Belle espérance (1958)
  • Quartier chinois (1958)
  • La Passion du Maure (1960)
  • Jeunesse sauvage (1960)
  • Mektoub (1967)
  • Tu es soleil (1970)
  • Taxi de nuit (1971)
  • L'Algérie des adieux (1972)
  • La Médaille de sang (1973)
  • La Guerre oubliée (1974)
  • Les Cobras (1981)

Adaptations

  • La Femme sans passé → The Passerby (1951)
  • Des gens sans importance → People of No Importance (1956)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
RealismNarrative
Recurring Motifs
WarResistanceFate

Legacy

French journalist and writer. Known as a Resistance fighter, won several literary prizes. Authored 25 books, 8 adapted to film.

Trivia

  • Son of Colonel Georges Groussard, Resistance leader.